One of the main reasons I came to Bolivia (I suspect it is high on everyone's to do list when they come to Bolivia) is the Salar de Uyuni tour. 4 days and 3 nights travelling through the Bolivian countryside finishing up in the famous salt flats near Uyuni. I was quite excited on the morning of our departure, as many a decision had been taken to get here and I was sincerely hoping it was worth it. On the first morning we met the rest of our tour group but more...

Crossing the border from La Quica in Argentina to Villazon in Bolivia was easier than expected and not the long lonely walk I was imagining. I had visions of walking across a long bridge with not much around but again my imagination was somewhere else. There was a bridge but beneath it was a car park where the taxi driver left us and on it, a couple of small offices that made clearing immigration like a McDonald's drive through. Exit stamp at one window, please ...

Our first morning in Purmamarca was clear and sunny as usual and we got to see the mountains and the valley in all its glory. Purmamarca is a small tourist village but people come here mainly to see the Cerro de Siete Colores (mountain of seven colours). The region has many rock formations, composed of sedimentary layers containing different minerals which give them their distinct colour but in this valley, you could see all the colours lined up next to each ot...

Another overnight bus journey, another city. I was meeting another friend in Salta who happened to be travelling around South America also but I hadn't Antonia in years so was looking forward to her arrival in the evening. We were staying in the downtown area (again), which was a bit more chaotic and South American but still had a nicer feel to it than Cordoba. The plaza mayor was the classical colonial town square I had seen many times already but within th...

Before coming to Argentina I was enthusiastic about visiting Cordoba but a few reviews i had read just before coming here, didn't describe it in a positive light. Still, it was on my way up to the north of Argentina and would at least be a place to spend some time catching up on errands and planning my journey further north. I was staying very much in the commercial centre where the streets get blocked off during the day to accommodate all the hustle and b...